Track and Field (Competition complete)Sean Furey opened Olympic action with the qualification
round in the javelin throw on Wednesday (Aug. 8). Competing in Group B, Furey
placed 17th with a mark of 72.81, which he threw on his second attempt. His
first attempt resulted in no mark, while he threw a 71.86 in his third and
final attempt.

Although Furey didn't move onto the Finals, he was one of
three American's in the field each throwing better than 70 meters. 12
competitors moved onto the finals, which will be held Saturday (Aug. 11) at
2:20 p.m.

Sailing (Competition complete)
Erick Storck, a member of the U.S.A. 49er class boat, sailed
his first two races on Monday, July 30. Storck, the skipper, and his partner,
Trevor Moore, came in sixth in their first race and 10th in their second.

The pair won their fourth race with a time of 29:36, 11
seconds ahead of the Irish duo of Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern. Storck and
Moore placed 16th in the third race.

In races on Wednesday (Aug. 1) the U.S. pair posted a
top-10 finish. In race No. 5, the duo finished seventh with a time of 30:52 and
took 13th place in their second race. In Thursday's (Aug. 2) races, Storck and Moore
placed 20th and 18th, respectively.

The American pair moved into 17th place in the overall
standing in races over the weekend, but failed to qualify for Wednesday's medal
race. The highlight of the weekend was a fifth-place finish in race No. 11. The
crew finished with a time of 32:52, just 59 seconds off the leaders from New
Zealand.

In Monday's final preliminary races the duo recorded their
fourth top-10 finish taking eighth place in 31:52 in race No. 14.

The Australian crew of Nathan Outteridge and Ian Jensen
enter the medal race in first place (48 points) while Peter Burling and Blair
Tuke from New Zealand (76 points) and Allan Norregaard and Peter Lang (108)
from Denmark, round out the top three teams entering the medal race. The medal race begins at 8:00 a.m. on
Wednesday (Aug. 8).

Lightweight Rowing (Competition complete)
Anthony Fahden, a member of the U.S. lightweight four,
opened Olympic action on July 28 with their heat. The crew placed last in its
heat, but rebounded in the repechage on Sunday, July 29, winning the race and
earning a spot in the semifinals.

The crew, composed of Will Newell, Nick LaCava and Robin Prendes,
all former Ivy League rowers, advanced to the "B" Final after taking fifth
place in the first semifinal heat in 6:05.06.

Fahden and his crew took second in the "B" Final on Thursday
(Aug. 2) with a time of 6:09.37, earning eighth place in the lightweight four
competition. South Africa claimed the gold medal with a time of 6:02.84 with
Great Britain (6:03.09) and Denmark (6:03.16) took the silver and bronze
medals.

Cycling (Competition complete)Former Dartmouth tennis player Evelyn Stevens, placed 24th in the cycling
road race event on July 29 with a time of 3:33:57, 27 seconds behind gold medalist, Marianne Vos, from the Netherlands. Stevens, who left a career on Wall Street in 2009
to pursue a pro cycling career, defeated Vos in a race in Belgium just three months prior.